André Paulo

Goalkeeper - Alverca
3 Mar 2027
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Marked for André Paulo

29 Edition

The Santa Clara Sentinel

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad15 Feb 2027

Kauan Ferreira breaks a bone — 53 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market15 Feb 2027

Only the photograph left for Lucas Soares

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucas Soares will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Santa Clara the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match13 Feb 2027

No end in sight to Santa Clara's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Santa Clara has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad15 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Santa Clara

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lucas Soares was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets15 Feb 2027

Santa Clara rebuffed over Brenno

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sport Recife have kept their man, and Santa Clara go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match13 Feb 2027

Estoril Praia take the points off Santa Clara

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings15 Feb 2027

Rildo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Looking ahead15 Feb 2027

A six-pointer for Santa Clara

Rio Ave next, and both sides can do the sum. Win and the table looks different; lose and it looks the way everybody has been fearing.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Words exchanged at Santa Clara

André Paulo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

In brief

  • Loan watch Evertow wants to come home
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Douglas Borel
Back issues
25 Edition

The Santa Clara Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad18 Jan 2027

The knee: Duarte Gomes out for 36 days

36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Santa Clara lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market18 Jan 2027

Only the photograph left for Lucas Soares

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucas Soares will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Santa Clara the goodbyes have quietly begun.

The terraces18 Jan 2027

Santa Clara sell a favourite for $3.9M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. MT was one of the reasons people came, and $3.9M does not replace that by itself.

Market18 Jan 2027

Santa Clara sell MT for $3.9M

MT has left for Caldas in a $3.9M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Brenner runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market18 Jan 2027

Brenner wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

André Paulo is a medical away from Santa Clara

The deal with Alverca is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Boardroom18 Jan 2027

Santa Clara to lose Lucas Soares for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Lucas Soares has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Market18 Jan 2027

Business is business: João Costa goes

Vitoria Guimaraes paid $1.3M and Santa Clara took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

In brief

21 Edition

The Alverca Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Chiquinho runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A one-man rearguard from André Paulo

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match19 Dec 2026

Alverca bow out of the cup

Nacional go through and Alverca go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A falling-out at Alverca

Zé Rafael and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A row about effort at Alverca

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Diogo Spencer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Zé Rafael gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Alexandre Martins answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Matheus Mendes knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matheus Mendes trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Figueiredo named player of the week

One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Figueiredo has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.

In brief

11 Edition

The Alverca Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Toni Tamarit at Alverca

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Toni Tamarit is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Alverca

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zé Rafael was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Dawda Camara

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dawda Camara, and the manager let it.

Squad12 Oct 2026

André Paulo in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Alverca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Chiquinho goes back to face Tondela

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Chiquinho’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Alverca needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Toni Tamarit has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Alverca will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief